Government report on 30 years of violence may not see the light of day because it names politically-connected warlords.
A recent report detailing atrocities committed over three decades of conflict in Afghanistan was supposed to provide answers to the families of one million people killed and 1.3 million left disabled by the violence, but now some fear that a focus on naming politically-connected perpetrators could prevent the document's release.
The report, "Conflict Mapping in Afghanistan Since 1978", based on six years of research by a team of 40 researchers and the Afghanistan ...

Kabul (BNA) Acting president Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim in his meeting with the elders and influential of Sayed Khail of Parwan province emphasized on preservation of security and consolidation of stability in the country.
He said that with the cooperation of elders and influential today Parwan province is security and it is necessary that you should focus your attention during this summer than any other time as Parwan is host thousand of countrymen from all parts of the country.
He asked them that with cooperation of other foundations of the province the government to close ties of ...

Kabul (BIA) Acting president Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim first vice-president of Afghanistan in his meeting with the UNHCR commissioner praised the cooperation of this organization in coordination of affairs pertaining to refugees and displaced in Afghanistan and Pakistan and asked for its further cooperation in this respect.
At this meeting Marshal Fahim expressed his sympathies over the death of three employees of UNHCR in Kandahar and added that Afghanistan considering its needs requires more assistance in refugee and displaced spheres and this can be coordinated with the regional ...